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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:08 am

Roof is ready for paint now......
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:41 am

Sides done....
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Postby healey36 » Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:29 pm

This is looking great. Do you have windows to fit this, or are you building them from scratch?
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:32 am

healey36 wrote:This is looking great. Do you have windows to fit this, or are you building them from scratch?


Tichy work car windows were just right for this car and I had just enough of them left over from another project. Nice thing it that they come with laser cut glazing :!:

Hate building windows, :wink: :wink:
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Postby healey36 » Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:11 am

I hate painting windows, especially the 1:1 scale versions. I have kept the wood windows in my garage as a form of penance.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Nov 22, 2021 12:59 pm

healey36 wrote:I hate painting windows, especially the 1:1 scale versions. I have kept the wood windows in my garage as a form of penance.


I hear that.........and only have the framing around mine to do -- painting even just that gets old really fast.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:16 am

Ends done....
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Postby healey36 » Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:01 pm

Looking good. The foot-rungs, or whatever they are called, add a lot of interesting detail. What are the small white "corners"? Are those temporary for assembly, or do those represent brackets/reinforcements as on the prototype?
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Dec 01, 2021 1:34 pm

healey36 wrote:Looking good. The foot-rungs, or whatever they are called, add a lot of interesting detail. What are the small white "corners"? Are those temporary for assembly, or do those represent brackets/reinforcements as on the prototype?


Stirrup steps? Or are you referring to the grab irons on the end beam?

White "corners" are just as you state - brackets/reinforcements as on the prototype.
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Postby healey36 » Wed Dec 01, 2021 2:02 pm

I'm referring to the five rungs going up the car-end to the left of the door/vestibule. Speaking of which, looks like someone knocked a chunk out of the vestibule frame...the MOW superintendent is going to be unhappy about that.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:03 pm

healey36 wrote:I'm referring to the five rungs going up the car-end to the left of the door/vestibule.


Just the grab irons, those are....

Speaking of which, looks like someone knocked a chunk out of the vestibule frame...the MOW superintendent is going to be unhappy about that.


Not really; gets a diaphragm notch fitted into that and over it all, :wink: :wink:
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Dec 12, 2021 9:56 am

Off into the paint shop, but now I have to look into the state of the decals.............that are "vintage"..... :roll:

Probably applying a few layers of over-spray prior to any use is called for on these, :wink: :wink:
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Postby healey36 » Sat Dec 18, 2021 9:52 am

On wood, what do you use for an overspray? A clear lacquer? Matte, satin, gloss?

Paint, then overspray, then decals, then another shot of clear overspray?
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:07 am

healey36 wrote:On wood, what do you use for an overspray? A clear lacquer? Matte, satin, gloss?


Prior to decals - gloss. Prior to dry transfers, maybe nothing, but sometimes clear matte.

Paint, then overspray, then decals, then another shot of clear overspray?


After decals, either dull coat or clear matte; after dry transfers, clear matte.

Between color layers of dry transfers, clear matte.
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Postby Tramp » Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:18 am

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